We had a call from our kind social services chappie. He has managed to extend the respite, again.

We are now ok until the 21st Jan. The room we were hoping for in the care home has gone to someone else because we still haven't received the funding he is entitled to. The committee only meets once a week and invariably give the money to the most needy. It has been weeks now.

We are all agreed that to move dad back home and then to another place would not be in his best interest, nor mine.

I went up on the downs yesterday morning, it was very beautiful and quite exhilarating but today I am exhausted. I think I must try and do this at least three times a week to get back into some level of fitness. Daunting but hopefully doable.